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HON. LELAND

Among those who stand prominently
before the American people, as instru-
ments of progress; who haye done much
to minister to the greatness and devel-
opment of the west coast; we turn in-
stinctively to the name which heads
our list.
of the Central Pacific railroad, isa man
in the prime of life. He has filled and
occupies many positions of great promi-
nence and responsibility. He was born
in the State of New York, but removed
to California soon after the discovery of
gold. Success in business soon rewarded

his efforts, and when the Pacific R. R. |

bill first passed Congress, he had retired
from trade, and held the honorable po-
sition of Governor of California,
applying himself closely to business, he
is affable and kind hearted in private
life

His subsequent association with Chas,
Crocker ‘Colis P. Huntington, Mark
Hopkins, and Judge E. B. Crocker, his
brother, and other men of great ability
and undaunted energy, resulted in a
determination to build a railroad by
Dutch Flat, across the Sierra Nevada
mountains, which should thereafter
form a portion of the great trans-conti-
nental road. Discouragement seemed
to face them on every side: yet they
firmly resolved to build the road, and
when they had once undertaken it they
persistently persevered against great
local opposition, which for a while seri-
ously delayed their advance, and indeed
rendered their success somewhat prob-
lematical. But with each discourage-

ment and movement of their adversa- |

ries, their courage rose,and they were
urged to greater effort, until finally the

wheel of their success passed its culmi- |

nating point.

Governor Stanford, President |

While |

 
   

STANFORD.

Laborers were scarce and wages high ;
expenses were large, and legal injunc-
tions retarded receipts; the outlook wus
decidedly unpropitious—but with a tena-
city of purpose rarely equalled they em-
barked their entire means and deter-
mined to push through the road. As
their trials were great in the beginning,
‘so also was their success, when fortune
| smiled auspiciously. In the great race
across the continent, marked adminis-
| trative skill was displayed; and after
| the Central Pacific Railway, in its course
Eastward, had reached the Valley of the
Truckee, its advance was nearly ninety
miles a month, until at Promontory, on
the 10th of May, 1869, it united with the
Union Pacific Railway, and through that
;road with the entire network of rail-
| Ways along the Atlantic Coast.

Charles Crocker, formerly Gen’l Supt.
and now 2d Vice-President of this road,
came across the plains to California in
| 1850. His trip occupied 83 days from the
Missouri River to El Dorado County,
Cal.,a wonderful difference when com-
pared to our delightful trip, accom-
plished with such ease and rapidity,
i He then gained practical information
of great value. He was born in Troy,
N. Y., and is 48 years of age; a person of
/marked energy and great good judg-
iment, having been the executive officer
in general charge of the army of con-
struction throughout the time the road
was being built.

In private intercourse he is jovial and
free-hearted, but close in business mat-
ters, which concern the interest of the
road. His attention is now principally
occupied in directing its general affairs
from his headquarters at Sacramento.
In other departments, other officers have
| been, perhaps, equally efficient, but space

 

 

 

 

here forbids a more extended notice
of them, than that weleome which we
extend to California and ail her public
spirited men

BUSINESS

 

 

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PULLMAN’S

PALACE far fpompy,

Incorporated under Special Act of the
Legislature of Illinois, A. D. 1867.

CAPITAL, - - $4.000,000.

 

GEO. M. PULLMAN, Pres. & Gen. Man.
A. B. PULLMAN, Gen’l. Sup’t.
C. W. ANGELL, Secretary.

 

DIRECTORS.

Geo. M. Pullman. John Crerar.

H. E. Sargent. Thomas A. Scott.

Robert Harris. Henry R. Pierson.
Amos T. Hall.

 

Genl. Offices, 102 Michigan Ave., Chicago

F. KORBEL & BROS.

Cigar Box Manufacturers,
SOUTH PARK SAW MILLS,
No. 487 Brannan Street,

Bet.3d «4th sts., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

 

Lignum Vitse, Rosewood, Laurel, Cedar,
Ebony, Mahogany, Backboards,
Veneers, Counter Tops.

GRAND HOTEL,
Cor. New Montgomery and Market. Sts.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
G.S. JoHNSON & CoO., Proprietors.

BANK OF CALIFORNIA.
$5,000,000 IN GOLD.

 

CAPITAL, - -

Principal Office, San Francisco.

 

 

Wm. C. RALSTON,

TD. O. MILLS, .
Cashier.

President,

A. ROMAN & CO.,

PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS,

Issue the OVERLAND MONTHLY on the
first of every month.
No. 417 MONTGOMERY STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO.

Northern Transportation Company

Dispatch steamships regularly to all
points for the West Coast, including
Menxico, Lower California, Oregon, Wash-
ington Territory and Alaska; also
monthly to Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
Tahiti, Fejee, New Zealandand Australia

HoLLADAY & BRENHAM Agents.